[Forwarding to tutor at python.org. Can someone else try to help Chris?
Thanks.]
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:10:32 -0500
From: christopher lavezza <clavezza at hotmail.com>
To: dyoo at hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Tutor] Need Help with Source Code [please tell us what you
want us to look at]
I am getting an error message when I run the script.
>From: Danny Yoo <dyoo at hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu>
>To: christopher lavezza <clavezza at hotmail.com>
>CC: tutor at python.org>Subject: Re: [Tutor] Need Help with Source Code [please tell us what you
>want us to look at]
>Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:25:28 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, christopher lavezza wrote:
>> > could someone take the attachments and run the source code in python and
> > see where I made the mistakes. I am trying to get the source code into
> > an telephone database using python.
>>>[Long rant ahead; my apologies!]
>>>Hi Chris,
>>Again, please try to explain why you think the program is broken. It is
>not helpful enough to say "It's broken." and ask us to do a global search
>throughout the program.
>>>What problems do you want us to look at? Are you getting a particular
>error? Is there a problem with syntax? Or does the program behave in a
>way that you don't expect? These are the kinds of things we need to know
>before we dig through code: otherwise, there's no motivating reason that
>drives our search.
>>>In previous correspondence on the Tutor list, folks have asked for more
>specific information to your questions. If you look at:
>>http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2004-June/029902.html>http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2004-June/029899.html>http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2004-August/031241.html>>all responses have a particular pattern. Each asks the equivalent of:
>"Show us an error message." That's not just because we like seeing error
>messages, but because it's a crucial part of the problem-solving process.
>>>Please try not to treat us like a magical black box that takes in buggy
>code and churns out unbuggy code. It's very demotivating for me
>personally; it reminds me too much of what's worst about school and the
>question->answer mentality that goes with it.
>>We would rather collaborate together with you.
>>>>The guide, "How To Ask Questions the Smart Way":
>>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html>>explains, in more detail, ways to improve your questions so that people
>will be happy to answer them.
>>>Good luck to you.
>
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